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Greetings from Bandung! We have now lived here about 2 1/2 weeks, and are slowly settling in. Besides buying stuff for our house and lives, we have made a few trips into the city via the little bus called an Angkot, and we made a trip to a local volcano. Shown here is a bubbling pool near the bottom. We also relaxed at a hot springs spa, fed from the waters of the volcano. The kids and adults were amazed. Who would have guessed we would be standing near an active volcano, and actually buy stuff from vendors? In the cauldron we boild three eggs. And we ate them. They were actually good.
We have met a few of our neighbors and are learning a bit of the language, though we haven't officially started language school. That will come soon. Abbie is getting ready to go to Dalat on Sunday (with us), and the boys start school in Bandung on August 18. So we will all be in some kind of school.
We have found that food is inexpensive here, as well as clothes, but some things are still the same. If we want western foods, we have to pay the price! Nice, name-brand shoes are more expensive. Electronics are also not very cheap. We have had to purchase cell phones, and a few gadgets. Plastics are about the same as the US, but utitilies seem to be less.
Our area is quiet at night, except for the roosters who like to awaken us early, and keep waking us, and keep waking us. Some time soon, we will have ayam (chicken) soup, made courtesy of our neighorhood roosters. We have to travel down a steep paved path to get to the cut off that goes to our home. We will have strong leg muscles in a few months.
Thanks for your thoughts about us.
